Ver. 13. ἡ χάρις τοῦ κ. κ.τ.λ.: the Grace of the Lord Fesus Christ (his con- cluding salutation in Rom., 1 Cor., Gal., Phil., Philm., r and 2 Thess.), and the Love of God (see on v. 14), and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit (as at Phil. ii. 1, and cf. 1 Cor. 1. 9, x. 16) be with you all, even with those who opposed him. The ordinary conclusion of a letter of the period was ἔρρωσθε, as χαίρειν was the introductory greeting (see on i, 1). But St. Paul has a signature of his own, which he calls the σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ (2 Thess. iii, 17); viz., he always ends with a prayer that Christ's grace may rest on his correspondents, either in the form ἡ χάρις τοῦ Kup. "In. Xp. or in the abbreviated form ἡ χάρις (as in Eph., Col. and the ΓᾺ Ἀν κα Here, and here only, he fills it out so
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as to embrace the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity. Possibly the phrase the “God of Love” in ver. 11 has suggested here mention of the “‘ Love of God,” 1.6., the love which God has for man; and a prayer for the ‘‘ Fellowship of the Holy Spirit,” z.e., the κοινωνία which is the Spirit’s gift, is a fitting conclusion to a letter addressed to a community agitated by faction and strife and jealousy (xii. 20). But whatever were the thoughts which suggested this triple benediction (cf. Num. vi. 23 f.), it remains, as Bengel says, ‘‘egregium de SS. Trinitate testi- monium”., It offers a devotional parallel to the Baptismal Formula (Matt. xxviii. το): and the order of its clauses receives its explanation in later words of St. Paul:
δι᾿ αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν. .. ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα (Eph. ii, 18). It is the Grace of Christ which leads us towards the Love of God, and the Love of God when realised through the Spirit’s power promotes the love of man (1 John iy, τι), the holy fellowship fostered by the indwelling Spirit.
πρὸς Kop. κ.τ.λ. This subscription is found (in substance) in KL, the Harclean and Bohairic vss. and in many cursives, but has no real authority. The mention of Titus and Luke is plainly derived from chap. viii. 18. A few cursives add the name of Barnabas; the Peshitto mentions Titus only. The form of subscription in the best MSS., NAB 17, is simply πρὸς Κορινθίους B.
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